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DISTRIBUTION IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD
CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OR REGULATIONS OF SUCH
JURISDICTION
8 October
2024
Ascential
plc ("Ascential")
2.9
Announcement and Total Voting Rights
In accordance with Rule 2.9 of the
City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the "Code"), and further to the announcement
made on 4 October 2024, Ascential confirms that as at the date of
this announcement, it has in issue 210,787,859 ordinary shares with
a nominal value of 1.7 pence each ("Ascential Shares"). The Ascential
Shares are admitted to trading on the Main Market of the London
Stock Exchange. Each Ascential Share carries the right
to one vote. Ascential does not hold any Ascential Shares in
treasury as at the date of this announcement.
The Company confirms that the total
number of voting rights attributable to its issued share capital is
210,787,859. This figure may be used by shareholders as the
denominator for the calculations by which they determine if they
are required to notify their interest in, or any change in their
interest in the Company, under the FCA's Disclosure and
Transparency Rules.
The International Securities
Identification Number (ISIN) of the Ascential Shares is
GB00BQFH6320.
Capitalised terms used in this
announcement shall, unless otherwise defined, have the meanings set
out in the circular published by Ascential on 12 August
2024.
Enquiries
Ascential plc
+44 (0)20 7657 8950
Phillip Thomas, Chief Executive
Officer
Mandy Gradden, Chief Financial
Officer
BofA Securities (Joint financial
adviser and joint corporate broker to
Ascential)
+44 (0)20 7628 1000
Duncan Stewart, Geoff Iles, Nick
Hopkins, Alex Penney
Goldman Sachs International (Joint
financial adviser to Ascential)
+44 (0) 20 7774 1000
Anthony Gutman, Nick Harper, Alex
Garner, Nuno Santos
Disclaimers
BofA Securities, which is authorised
by the PRA and regulated by the FCA and the PRA in the United
Kingdom, is acting exclusively for Ascential and for no one else in
connection with the Acquisition and will not be responsible to
anyone other than Ascential for providing the protections afforded
to its clients or for providing advice in relation to the matters
referred to in this announcement.
Goldman Sachs, which is authorised
by the PRA and regulated by the FCA and the PRA in the United
Kingdom, is acting exclusively for Ascential and no one else in
connection with the Acquisition and will not be responsible to
anyone other than Ascential for providing the protections afforded
to clients of Goldman Sachs International, or for providing advice
in relation to the matters referred to in this
announcement.
